Asplenium sphaerosporum A.R.Sm.

  • Authority

    Mickel, John T. & Beitel, Joseph M. 1988. Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1-580.

  • Family

    Aspleniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Asplenium sphaerosporum A.R.Sm.

  • Description

    Species Description - Similar to A. auritum except: fronds 30-70 cm long, stipe 1/3-2/5 the frond length; blade lanceolate, apex acuminate, bipinnate at base, mostly pinnate-pinnatifid, 12 to 18 cm wide; pinnae 25 or more pairs, segments obovate, mostly adnate; spores globose, large, dark brown to blackish, 32 per sporangium.

  • Discussion

    Type. Mexico. Chiapas: SE side of Cerro Baul, 16 km NW of Rizo de Oro, Breedlove & Smith 21805 (DS; isotype NY!). See discussion under Asplenium auritum.

  • Distribution

    Epiphytic, or rarely terrestrial, in pine-oak-Liquidambar forests; Choapan, Cui-catlán, Mixe; 650-900 m. Mexico (Jal, Gro, Ver, Oax, Chis); Guat.

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